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Configuring IIS on the SSTP server - Implications and how to resolve

Posted Thursday, November 08, 2007 12:51 PM by rrasblog
This blog is going to tell about how SSTP can be affected by configuring IIS Server on the same Server and how to get rid of this problem without moving the IIS Server to a different machine. Let's us first know what kind of issue can arise if IIS is Read More...
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Do you want to change the certificate used by the SSTP server - Read how

Posted Thursday, November 08, 2007 12:38 PM by rrasblog
This blog is going to tell about how to change the Certificate to be used for the SSTP Server. Although, the normal procedure of installing the certificate on RRAS Server for SSTP mentioned in the step by step guide works perfectly fine, this blog is Read More...
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SSTP: Microsoft new VPN tunnel using SSL is coming - please get ready to try it out !

Posted Thursday, September 13, 2007 9:51 AM by rrasblog
Hi All, I am very happy to announce that SSTP will be first time released to all our TAP and techbeta customers via Vista SP1 beta and Windows Server 2008 RC0 release which was released on Sept 25th, 2007 To get your hands dirty with SSTP, work with your Read More...
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How "Automatic" Tunnel type works in VPN

Posted Thursday, June 07, 2007 12:58 PM by rrasblog
With the various previous blogs, we already know that SSTP (Secure Socket Tunneling Protocol) is a new VPN tunnel type which is added to the list of the already existing tunnel types, PPTP and L2TP. With this addition, there have been some changes in Read More...
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Accessing Network Shares Over a VPN Connection in Windows Vista

Posted Monday, June 04, 2007 5:28 PM by rrasblog
It is not possible to access network shares from a Windows Vista machine over a VPN connection if Net BIOS over TCP (NetBT) is disabled on one of the machines or port 139 is blocked. A fix for this problem is available from Microsoft Support. Customers Read More...
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How to prevent SSTP based VPN connections to be dialed out from my network

Posted Friday, June 01, 2007 2:40 PM by rrasblog
So we are back with a post on SSTP - the tunnelling protocol that can help you traverse through NATs and firewalls. SSTP is sure a great way to establish VPN connections in cases where PPTP and L2TP will not work due to the presence of NATs and firewalls. Read More...
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Quick snap-shot of IPv6 scenarios and features supported in RRAS

Posted Wednesday, May 09, 2007 11:40 AM by rrasblog
Hi All, In Longhorn, Routing and remote access server role supports IPv6 (in addition to IPv4). In this blog, I will give a quick summary on what are the scenarios that are supported and what changes are required to enable the same. This will also help Read More...
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Troubleshooting Vista VPN problems

Posted Sunday, April 08, 2007 11:59 PM by rrasblog
Hello all. There have been quite a few questions/posts on the technet forums about issues you folks have seen with Windows Vista VPN clients. So we thought we would come up with a post on the common configuration issues and some troubleshooting tips. Read More...
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Setting up the SSTP listener and verifying it

Posted Wednesday, March 07, 2007 12:03 AM by rrasblog
We have seen the steps to configure a SSTP server in one of the previous posts. However, we will concentrate on on aspect of the configuration in this post in detail and the most important one too, because without this your server is not yet ready to Read More...
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SSTP: Beta Program

Posted Thursday, January 25, 2007 9:30 AM by rrasblog
Hi Everyone, I have received overwhelming response from the community about SSTP, how it works and a lot of interest in participating in the beta program. Thanks a lot to all of you !! I am trying my best to get as many folks enrolled to the program. Read More...
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Broadband connections and DHCPv6 Prefix Delegation in Windows Vista

Posted Tuesday, January 23, 2007 1:13 PM by rrasblog
Some Microsoft customers and partners have enquired about the support for Requesting-Router behaviour of DHCPv6 Prefix Delegation in Windows Vista. I have also seen attempts by some vendors to use prefix delegation to assign IPv6 addresses to Broadband/PPPoE Read More...
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SSTP FAQ - Part 2: Client Specific

Posted Wednesday, January 17, 2007 10:54 PM by rrasblog
In this FAQ, I will cover client specific queries of SSTP 1) How to enable SSTP based VPN connection on the client side? SSTP based -connection can be enabled on native RAS client UI (i.e. inside “network and sharing center”). For further details, refer Read More...
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SSTP FAQ - Part 1: Generic

Posted Wednesday, January 10, 2007 7:36 PM by rrasblog
Hi All, I am sure lot of queries may be running in your minds related to SSTP. To clarify it further, I am starting a series of frequently asked questions (FAQ) related to SSTP. Please feel free to send your comments on the blog site or to our blog email Read More...
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How SSTP based VPN connection works

Posted Wednesday, January 10, 2007 7:21 PM by rrasblog
In this blog, I will explain how SSTP based VPN tunnel works - i.e. the data flow during VPN connection coming up and how data transfer occurs. The flow to get VPN connection up looks like: 1) Client gets Internet connectivity and then establishes TCP Read More...
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Advantages of SSTP based VPN tunnel

Posted Friday, December 22, 2006 4:42 PM by rrasblog
In last week blog, I wrote about SSTP - the new VPN tunnel which goes over HTTPS - hence increasing the coverage area of VPN connection to "everywhere". Today I am going to talk about advantages of SSTP compared to "network extension or full tunnel" solution Read More...
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